LIMA We decided to fly to Lima instead of taking a 12 hour bus ride. At only $20 extra, it was a no brainer. We arrived in Lima on the 18th March and determined to find a post office so that we could send a few things home. All done and off to the beach. Well..... a stroll along the beach because the water has been declared unsuitable for swimming. However, local surfers are not put off because of this little detail. We were staying in the wealthy and most important suburb area of Miraflores. Our hostel wasn't great but the [View Full Entry]

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Still no pictures about this part of the trip, because our camera was stolen in Cusco..... COPACABANA Probably not as nice as the place with the same name in Brazil, but a comfortable tourist ready little village on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca (the highest Lake in the world on altitude of 3000m). The best view we had of the lake was from our room during massive thunder storms. The lightning was very impressive!! ISLA DEL SOL On the second day of our stay we took a boat to Isla del Sol. A very sacred place for Inca´s. In particular [View Full Entry]

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Unfortunately we lost most of our Bolivia pictures, because our camera got stolen in Cusco (Peru).... more about this later......... COCHABAMBA It´s been a while since our last publication. Reason being we have done a lot of travelling and haven´t spend much time at one place.... As said in our last blog entry (for those who can remember...), we took the night train from Uyuni to Oruro. The train was punctual and comfortable (bonus!!!), that is except for the heating which was on full all night long. As soon as we got to Oruro we took a 6 hour bus to [View Full Entry]

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6 DAYS OF RELAXING IN SALTA After our touring days in Tucuman, we decided to enjoy the beautiful colonial city of Salta for a bit. Salta is one of the most populair tourist destinations in the Argentina. Luckily for us it was not completely swamped with tourists in February. We enjoyed the terrific food: humitas (corn, fried onions, pumpkin and cheese wrapped in corn leaves), tamales (corn, meat, bolied egg and green onions wrapped in corn leaves) and of course more steaks!! This would be one of our last opportunities to have the fantastic Argentinian meat, before our boarder crossing to [View Full Entry]

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THE BORDER CROSSING Sad to leave Argentina but also excited to experience something new.... steak and wine had taken its toll!! We made sure that we got rid of our coca leaves before the crossing because apparently, rigorous checks are undertaken along the way for drugs including coca leaves! No cable TV in South American prisons…. We left from Jujuy to La Quiaca which sits on the border of Argentina with Bolivia. From there we crossed the border by foot to Villazon (Bolivia) - 81km south of Tupiza. Border control was non existent and we passed through with no problems at [View Full Entry]

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TOUR FROM TUPIZA TO UYUNI We were given our 4 day itinerary and set off in the Toyota 4x4 with Martin and Anita from Slovenia, Lazarro (driver) and Margarita (cook). Margarita, dressed in her traditional clothing turned out to be a star! We won´t go into too much detail about what we saw because we could be here forever. Overall for us, it was the best tour yet. We had a picnic lunch in the Ahuanapampa valley - filled with Lamas which were a few feet away from us (4,100m). Visited the Pueblo Fantasma (Ghost town). At 4,690m, this village was [View Full Entry]

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After being stationary for 2 1/2 weeks in Mendoza, we fancied some exploring. We considered our options in the north of Argentina because by mid February we want to end up In Bolivia. After some serious meetings and some consultancy from locals, we decided to go the provence of Tucuman. A bit off track for us, but supposedly very beautiful. SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN We were not going to be dissapointed! We put our base camp up in the capital of the provence: San Miguel de Tucuman, a city with 750,000 inhabitants in located in a valley. As a consequence of [View Full Entry]

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River Plate - Boca Juniors!!! Another thing that seems to be repeating itself, is our habit to show up at the right time at certain places for football games. After Buenos Aires and Montevideo, we got lucky again in Mendoza. In Argentina they organize summer tournements in January and February. And I could not believe my luck when I read in the newspaper that River Plate and Boca Juniors were going to meet each other in the Malvinas Stadium in Mendoza. The whole town was in River- Boca mania. Shirts of both sides were worn in equal amounts by the locals, [View Full Entry]

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Mendoza (19th of January - 4th of February 2008) After being on the go for 2 weeks. We were looking forward to unpack our rug sacks for a bit. We booked 3 nights in a hostel and gave ourselves the task to find a nice apartment for two weeks. The tought of cooking our own food after 2 ½ months of eating out, was quite apealing! The famous liberator , General Jose de San Martin (1817) chose Menzoza as his base as it is the most convenient spot to Chile (based hear before starting the Liberation Action of Chile and Peru) [View Full Entry]

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